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==Early Life & Education==

==Early Life & Education==

He was born in [[London]] on November 4, 1957 to Australian parents and in 1960 they moved back to take up residence in [[Sydney]]. He attended 2 private Catholic, only boys schools in Sydney and completed a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Law at Sydney University where he was an active student politician and boxer. He then attended Queen's College in Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and gained a Master of Arts. When he came back he entered the St Patrick's Seminary in Manly where he studied to become a Catholic priest but left before completion to take up a role as a journalist for the Bulletin (a now discontinued weekly political and cultural magazine) and The Australian (a Monday to Saturday conservative newspaper).  

He was born in [[London]] on November 4, 1957 to Australian parents and in 1960 they moved back to take up residence in [[Sydney]]. He attended 2 private [[Catholic]], boys schools in Sydney. 

 

He completed a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Law at the [[University of Sydney]] where he was an active student politician and boxer. He then attended Queen's College at [[Oxford University]] as a [[Rhodes Scholar]] and gained a Master of Arts. When he came back he entered the St Patrick's [[Seminary]] in Manly where he studied to become a Catholic [[Priest]] but left before completion to take up a role as a [[journalist]] for the Bulletin (a now discontinued weekly political and cultural magazine) and The Australian (a Monday to Saturday conservative newspaper).  

He is married to Margaret Abbott and they have 3 daughters.

He is married to Margaret Abbott and they have 3 daughters.